Month: April 2011

Five Questions for…Renata Pacheco

Renata Pacheco from Brazil is my last guest blogger this month. I know her now for a while and love her work!

1. What do you do to get into your creative zone?

Until a year ago, my house was always a messy. There was scrapbook stuff on the dinner table, under the table, on top of the sideboard, boxes and boxes everywhere, and I couldn’t find anything when I need.

Then I decided to do a reform, and I create a large closet for my scrap supplies – I drew it by myself, and everything fits perfectly! Now all my stuff is super organized, separated, and I know exactly where everything is, even if I’m not in front of the closet.

Since this reform, I just sit at the closet and start producing! I’m completely in love with this corner of my house! I spent most of my free time there!

2. Do you ever create hidden meanings or messages in your work?

In scrapbooking layouts, I prefer to tell the story openly. If something is more intimate, I hid the journaling. On this page, for example, I told about the period when I discovered and treated a thyroid cancer, and how the fact I’m super optimistic helped in this treatment (so I illustrated with the song Smile).

In art journal pages, then I use much more subliminal messages. It may be an element of a collage, a sentence covered with ink, a doodle or even a phrase. I made this page (later put in a frame) for a 7 years-old girl who is going through a very serious cancer treatment. In the background, I used rub-ons with the words Family, Live, Laugh and Charm – concepts that she needs to remember to feel strong and fight against the disease.

I always use an image of a buttefly (or more than one), whether in scrapbooking or art journal, symbolizing freedom, change, growth and creativity, concepts that are very important to me.

3. If your creative work were edible, what would it taste like?

That is a difficult question! Well, I guess that would be like candy, because I always try to put as much love and affection in every page I create! Even when the subject is tough, I always try to see the learning and treat the subject with tenderness.

4. What is your favorite creation? Please explain why you selected this one.

Another very difficult task! I love learning new things, I’m addicted to workshops, and each new technique I learn I want to test immediately. So my work is very eclectic, has a bit of everything. I love mixed media, but also love a romantic and super shabby layout.

5. What is your biggest creative success so far and why?

I’ve never faced scrapbooking as work; for me it has always been fun and therapy. I have another full time job (I’m a journalist and run a corporate communications agency) and use my free time to create. Therefore, I’ve never bothered to publish my work in any magazines (I never sent any page), and only recently started to post on sites like Two Peas and Scrapbook.com in order to see the comments from other scrappers on my work. But I attended the Design Team of Scrapbooking Brazil (site here in my country) and I’m currently design for a scrapbook store in Rio de Janeiro. I also have a blog with a friend called ScrapSins.

Thank you Renata.

I hope you all enjoyed this guest blogger month :)

Nat

finnabair

May 7, 2011 at 10:54 pm | #

Thank you so much for possibility to know Renata better!

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Sue Clarke

May 1, 2011 at 3:28 am | #

PLAY is gorgeous…I just keep going back to look at it and discover another layer or embellie!
I especially like the stitching around the outside of the LO.

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Martha Richardson

April 30, 2011 at 2:36 pm | #

Totally agree with learning new techniques & workshops…I also have been to busy to even think about anything other than the next new technique I must learn! Nice to meet you ;)

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cristina tronco

April 30, 2011 at 2:28 pm | #

Great questions and great answers! What a creative way to present a scrapper!
I love Re’s work!
xoxo

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Renata Pacheco

April 30, 2011 at 2:08 pm | #

Thank you Nathalie for so great exposure to my work. Now, this post will be the answer to that last question ;)
Have a wonderful weekend, dear friend!

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marion emberson

April 30, 2011 at 7:50 am | #

so inspiring, thank you :)

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Five Questions for…Lisa Mitchell

I met Lisa two years ago when I taught in her studio in Barcelona. It was wonderful and I loved spending time with her – she made me feel welcome …plus..I think we have more in common when she even knows- LOL. I love her work so much- so see yourself.

1. What do you do to get into your creative zone?

If I am working at home, where I have my computer and Internet, I start out by making myself a mug of tea. (I “broke-up” with coffee almost two years ago, and I really enjoy tea now). I enjoy buying different kinds of teas, so that little ritual of choosing and preparing myself a mug is the first step in getting into my creative zone. Then depending, I work on my computer or go to my studio. On the computer, sometimes I spend some time on the net, checking out my favourite artists’ sites and blogs (Scrapbook-Trends, for example! ;) which are always a great source of inspiration to help get me into my zone as well. In my studio, the physical space I create there is very important to help me get into the right space in my self for creating. So, the way things are set up and look to me is really important. For example, I have images, photos, art and other objects around my workspace that are there for a reason. Perhaps they remind me of things. Or are like little “altars”. And depending on the project, sometimes I like to have music playing. Other times I like complete silence. Sometimes I burn incense…So all of those things help. Then, once I complete a project, I usually need to do a thorough clean-up of my workspace and the studio in general. This helps me refresh my brain and “change channels” from one project to the next. When I am working on a project and get “stuck”, I usually get up and sweep the floor. There’s something about the physical action of sweeping, cleaning up all the little bits of junk on the floor and “clearing the air” that helps…and it usually helps give me ideas as well. My favourite place to get good ideas is either first thing in the morning, while I am still “half-asleep” in bed, or once I am in the shower!

2. Do you ever create hidden meanings or messages in your work?

I guess you could say there are elements in my work that wouldn’t necessarily have meaning for anyone else. I think it’s only natural. I don’t really look to create hidden messages as a rule, it’s more of my own language to myself in what I create. I have in the past chosen specific elements in some of my work that have a particular meaning for me, such as in these two layouts. They both contain lots of elements that are symbolic to me.

3. If your creative work were edible, what would it taste like?
I would guess somewhere it would have to taste chocolaty! I love chocolate, and when I need a little “pick-me up” in the studio, it’s usually chocolate. Normally truffles! A couple of years ago, I was asked to prepare a Scrapbooking project for a workshop that would appear on a local television program in Catalonia, Spain. As this program dealt mainly with gastronomy, I created a mini-album project, titled “Everything Goes Better With Chocolate”, full of typical Canadian recipes with chocolate. I used white “puff paint” on the title, which I heated with the heat gun, and it really looked like whipped cream! It was really fun to do, and looked yummy! And I did a layout a couple of years ago, just for fun, titled “Sabor a Scrap” (“A taste for Scrap”). There were two photos of me drinking a “Scrapbooking in a Bottle”. I’m not sure what it would taste like, though!

4. What is your favourite creation?

I would have to pick between two: my very first “official” layout from 2007, “Flow from her Light” is one of my favourites just because it was my first, and because of the fact that I didn’t have much for “official” Scrapbooking products or materials in Spain at that time, so I had to be more resourceful. So the “stars” that you see in that layout are actually dried cherry-tomato stems that I painted with gold glitter; the title I did by hand with white ink, simply because I didn’t own any letter stamps yet! The photo is of me, when I was about 3, and it’s special to me, so it’s a favourite one for that reason as well.

My other favourite is an encaustic painting that I did in 2008, firstly because of how it came to be: I had no idea of what I wanted to paint. I just applied the wax and then turned the canvas board 45º a few times and all of a sudden, I clearly saw the shape of a head, and an elbow and a little hand, and so the painting came from what I saw in the wax. It’s also a favourite because I feel it is symbolic of my own artistic journey, or “birth”, if you like, “into” myself as an artist. and how I have grown in the past two years since I painted it.

5. What is your biggest creative success so far and why?

Well, this year–next month to be exact–will be the second year that I have participated as an artist and author in a wonderful initiative in Barcelona, Spain that supports and promotes artist books and book arts: the “Festival of Artist Books and Small Editions” organized by the ILDE Cultural Association. I am really excited to have been invited this year to be a contributing author in their published edition of the Festival, as well as participate in the Festival’s other events, including teaching workshops, speaking at the conference and be present the day of the Festival itself to share my work with the visiting public. That feels like a big creative success to me.
However, my biggest creative success would have to be the arrival of our daughter, who is now 6 years old. Not only was the experience of being pregnant and giving birth to her one of the most important creative successes I have had in my life to date, giving birth to her was the catalyst for me eventually growing into myself as an artist. It came through her, and through my becoming a mother. So I have her to thank for that. I think I will always consider her my biggest creative success…there is nothing I could ever create that could ever compare to her.

I wanted to thank you, Nathalie for your invitation to participate in your guest blog post. It was a pleasure to be included with these other talented artists! Cheers from Barcelona!

LINK TO BLOG:

English: http://lisaemitchell.typepad.com/

Spanish: http://lisaemitchell.typepad.com/version_original/

Thank you you so much Lisa!

Nat

Cuchy

May 4, 2011 at 9:46 pm | #

I know Lisa and I must say she is one of the sweetest person I know. So warm and welcoming and a fabulous artist.

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Dina

May 3, 2011 at 8:32 pm | #

Ah, Lisa, one of my favorite people on the planet. Loved reading your interview!

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Lisa Mitchell

May 3, 2011 at 8:28 pm | #

Hello, Martha, lovely to meet you to!

Thank you, Sue! That “Conspiracy” layout continues to be one of my favourites too, because it’s so powerful. Nice to meet you!

Thank you, Tsila :)

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Tsila Sofer Elguez

May 3, 2011 at 7:26 pm | #

Thanks for your true answers

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Sue Clarke

April 29, 2011 at 3:07 pm | #

The Conspiracy of Fear is incredible!!! Also love your wax “baby” painting…I can see how she was “born”.

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Sue Clarke

April 29, 2011 at 3:04 pm | #

I like the thoughtful answers that you provided. I have to thank my son for his being the subject of so many of my scrapbook LO’s (even if he is sick of having me take his picture)! He is 8 years old.

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Martha Richardson

April 29, 2011 at 1:08 pm | #

Hi Lisa _ Scrapbook in a bottle…may not be a bad idea! Lovely to get to meet you ;)

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Five Questions for ….Trisha Ladouceur

I met Trisha several times and we are working closley as educators for different manufacturers. She is not only super fun to be around – she is also a wonderful workshop teacher and creates awesome things :)

1. What do you do to get into your creative zone?

I am fortunate that I get to create all day everyday! But there are certain times when I need the extra push. I LOVE to set my alarm and wake up an insanely early hour in the morning (4am) and get to work in my studio bright and early. I find that I am most creative during the wee hours when the world is quiet, my family is sleeping, my phone is not ringing and Facebook is usually pretty quiet then too :)

2. Do you ever create hidden meanings or messages in your work?

I don’t often have secret meanings in my projects but I do like to HIDE photos and journaling. I often incorporate flaps and pockets so I can fit additional pieces of the story that I want to include.

3. If your creative work were edible, what would it taste like?

hmmmmmmm…. Well, my motto is LUMPS AND BUMPS are a good thing and one can never have too many
layers so I am thinking it is like a wonderful trifle. So many different flavours and textures combined together to create a pallette pleasing treat! I wish I had a photo but then we would all want to eat!!!!! LOL!

4. What is your favorite creation?

TOUGH question! Because I am constantly creating, my favourite creation is usually the NEXT one I am about to create. BUT in my studio, I often display as much as I can on the walls and shelves so I can enjoy it for awhile longer before
tucking it away.

5. What is your biggest creative success so far and why?

Teaching and designing is such a blessing to me. I am thrilled to be designing or an Endorsed Educator for My Minds’ Eye, Graphic 45, Tattered Angels, Prima, Bazzill, 7 Gypsies, Teresa Collins Designs and the list goes on!
I feel so extremely fortunate to be able to share my passion for paper crafting with ladies (and the odd gentleman;) around the globe through the numerous classes that I teach for many of the hottest manyfacturers in the industry. It was not hard for me to leave my past career of working in a medical laboratory playing with body parts and fluids all day long! I am constantly blown away with the fact that people feel that I am good enough at my craft to bring me in to teach at their stores and events… it’s such a HUGE honour! I love to travel and meet new people so it is truly a match made in heaven:D

I look forward to some of my many adventures planned for this next year including several destinations in Canada, the USA, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Australia! I hope to see you at an event somewhere/ sometime soon!

Please stop by my blog to visit me at www.trishaladouceur.blogspot.com

Thanks Trisha!

Nat

Cuchy

May 4, 2011 at 9:37 pm | #

At 4 AM??? OMG!! that makes me appreciate your artwork even more! How beautiful studio

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Sue Clarke

April 28, 2011 at 4:20 pm | #

Beautiful studio Trisha. The “baby” piece above is so sweet and the many layers are delicious as well!

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Martha Richardson

April 28, 2011 at 1:41 pm | #

Trisha your studio is where I would love to create in…oh my!

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Jamie Dougherty

April 28, 2011 at 7:05 am | #

Hugs Trisha !!! I want your studio!!

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Nat in Wonderland Canvas

This canvas is a collection of many different media and techniques and I taught it last year in Israel and Belgium.

Besides all those media and techniques I also used a huge amount of SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES by 3L^TM products.

As you can see I used the White Classic Style Photo Corners to create the tree on the canvas. I also used a lot of the 3D White Foam Pads to create more dimension.

I love how good the 3D Foam Pads stick to tricky surfaces like paint, canvas and beeswax.

The Crafty Power Tape is the best double sided adhesive for those surfaces too – I adhere all my paper elements without a problem with it to the surface.

I hope you like my crazy canvas and enjoy the gorgeous weather outside!

Nat

Sue Clarke

April 28, 2011 at 4:17 pm | #

Love the canvas and I got some of that tape and YES, things stick using it!

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Martha Richardson

April 27, 2011 at 2:02 pm | #

Oh how I love this canvas ;)

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Felicitas Klink

April 27, 2011 at 8:39 am | #

awesome canvas. love all the colors, especially the purple flower. say hello to the koala bears ;)
xo Felicitas

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Kim Sonksen

April 27, 2011 at 7:35 am | #

That is one wicked Canvas!

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Five Questions for…Sasha Holloway

I haven’t met Sasha yet- but I love her style combined with her amazing way of journaling. Maybe one day we will meet :)

1. What do you do to get into your creative zone?

Usually I just put on some music and or start cleaning up my scrap space. I like to print pictures and then have them all sorted out and from there I can decide what papers I want to use. Or sometime no pictures work for me as well.

2. Do you ever create hidden meanings or messages in your work?

If I am scrapbooking about my past I usually just put it all out there. I have tried to do that in art journaling but then I figure I want people to see what I feel I want them to read it. I usually do not hide anything which for me makes me feel like I am truly being honest about what I am creating and how I feel at that moment or what is on my mind.

3. If your creative work were edible, what would it taste like?

It would taste like sour tongues. I am SO in love with it sour candy is the only way to go in my book.

4. What is your favorite creation?

My favorite creation was the first layout I did in 2011 and a layout I did in the hotel room “Simply Our Boys” when we first moved to England. Of course I had to use my favorite manufacturers and washi tape around the layout is my new love for finishing off layouts.

5. What is your biggest creative success so far and why?

My biggest success so far was guest designing for some of my favorite manufacturers like Making Memories, Jillibean Soup, Hambly Screen Prints, October Afternoon and for Pink Paislee in June. I have been published and I never ever thought I would ever see any of my work in print so that was a very humbling experience and amazing feeling all in one. Two of my favorite publications are below

Thanks Sasha :)

Nat

Cuchy

May 4, 2011 at 9:49 pm | #

Thanks for sharing your awesome work.

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Tsila Sofer Elguez

May 2, 2011 at 5:19 am | #

Thanks. I was touched by your honesty.

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Susan K. Weckesser

April 27, 2011 at 4:32 am | #

You R amazing GIRL!!!!! AWESOME!!!!

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Vicki Chrisman

April 27, 2011 at 2:42 am | #

Gorgeous layouts!

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JJ

April 26, 2011 at 4:48 pm | #

You Rock Chica, and there’s no doubt about it. I love your Fierceness!

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Sue Clarke

April 26, 2011 at 2:57 pm | #

Great LO’s and TFS your art journal page. You are a beautiful and gutsy lady!

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Martha Richardson

April 26, 2011 at 2:23 pm | #

Hi Sasha ~ Love your art and your honesty!

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Five Questions for…Anna Dabrowska

I met Anna last year in Warsaw and we had a fab time. So I knew that our event in Bavaria would be a blast and it was :)

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What do you do to get into your creative zone?

For me the most important factor in creating is not the place, but the tools, mediums and findings – the flea market treasures are the endless source of inspiration. If I have these with me – I can start creating any time, any place… sometimes it is hard for me to wait till my worktime is over, because I have an idea ready for making it live!

Next source, besides the flea market hunting is looking through galleries on flickr or visiting blogs I follow – there’s always something which can put me into a creative mood!
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Do you ever create hidden meanings or messages in your work?

I don’t hide messages, but most of my mixedmedia projects is full of elements which have a meaning for me – symbolic or metaphoric. The most popular are the cogs and gears, which are very important for me and usually they show both emotions or process happening. The most visible examples of that are “The Mad Inventor”, where the machine build of old clocks’ parts shows the creating process, passion and ideas appearing and changing in the Inventor’s mind.

There is also a light bulb, a clear symbol of inspiration and invention. I also use a gear as a symbol of love and heart – just like in the altered book made with my grandparents’ photo, where the broken metal gears are the methaphore of my grandma’s despair after my grandfather’s death.

They both have gears in the places of their hearts and her heart is bleeding badly because of her loss. I really love metal findings – they give me so many possibilities to express myself.
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If your creative work were edible, what would it taste like?

I’m dieting now, so thinking about food and creating is a bit painful;) The only thing that comes o my mind when I think about is question is a bit bitter a bit sweet and spicy taste of Dry Sherry. There’s a whole story in every glass of it…

What is your favorite creation? Please explain why you selected this one.

My favorites are changing very often because I’m a very moody person. At the moment I’ve got several “favs” but the one which is very important for me is “Inky”.

It is a mixedmedia paper layout, totally grungy in style, but on the other hand very feminine and full of fun techniques. I’m happy that I did what I planned – a pink and gold composition with handmade flowers and a lot of metal findings on it… something between industrial baroque and glamour grunge ;) I really love that kind of scrapping – it is all me…
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What is your biggest creative success so far and why?

OMG, I really don’t know! First of all I’m very proud I got the DT spot on Tattered Angels, which s a dream coming true for me. I love all the products they create and playing with it is a pure pleasure for me! The next big success was beeing published in several scrapbooking magazines like Scrapbooking m.m. in Sweden (2 times on the front cover!), ScrapArt zine in Germany or Scrap-Info in Russsia. I also think starting doing classes in Poland and abroad is a big success for me – I’ve always wanted to do that!

Thanks Fin :)

Nat

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finnabair

May 7, 2011 at 10:59 pm | #

Thsnk you so much Nat for inviting me here :)
And thanks ladies for your fat too kind words!!!

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JJ

April 25, 2011 at 3:38 pm | #

I want to create art like Finn when I grow up. ;) She’s been one of my scrappy idols for a while!

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Martha Richardson

April 25, 2011 at 1:59 pm | #

Ahhh…Finn blows my mind with her art…there is so much to see and it touches my soul. I’m with Jamie…when I grow up I want to be just like Finn & Nat…my 2 idols!! For REAL!

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Sue Clarke

April 25, 2011 at 1:20 pm | #

“The Mad Inventor” is totally awe-inspiring!

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Jamie Dougherty

April 25, 2011 at 8:00 am | #

Fin is one of my Favorite Artists. Nat you and her are my idols for real!!!

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Five Questions for…Dina Wakley

I love Dina‘s style and fortunatley enough I met her three times so far – even one time in my own home :) Can’t wait to see this talented girl again :)

1. What do you do to get into your creative zone?

I don’t do much, really. I sit at my desk. I pull out whatever I need to work on, and I just start playing and seeing what happens. When I start a project, I rarely have a vision of how it will end. With me, the process is very organic and very “let’s see what happens.”

2. Do you ever create hidden meanings or messages in your work?
Sure. In my scrapbooking, I love to use hearts. Hearts to me represent the love I have for my boys…so I find myself putting them on lots of layouts!

In my art journaling I do sometimes have a hidden message, especially if I am feeling bad about something. This art journal page is symbolic of the breakdown of a relationship .The silhouette is significant because it’s masked…so it’s a void. I was feeling an internal void at the time.

3. If your creative work were edible, what would it taste like?

I think it would taste like chocolate-covered fruit…maybe chocolate covered strawberries or kiwi! I do love color, so maybe it will just taste like Skittles.

4. What is your favorite creation?

You know, I don’t really pick just one favorite of anything. That’s too limiting! But I do have some scrapbook pages and art journal pages that I love.

I love this art journal page…it came together so easily, and the colors make me happy. I love it when I don’t have to work hard at creating…when it jus flows

I love this scrapbook page. The background was in my “ugly projects” box….a box of projects that I start but then don’t work for some reason. On the day I made this page, though, the background spoke to me, and it worked well with all the other layers. I was obsessed with cheesecloth then, too, so the cheesecloth is dyed with ink and layered in.

5. What is your biggest creative success so far and why?

You know, one thing I’m not good at is tooting my own horn. It makes me so uncomfortable. But I’ve been lucky to be on design teams, be published in magazines, etc. I consider all of those things successes. I’m grateful for each and every opportunity!

Another thing I consider a success is growth as an artist. I used to think I couldn’t draw at all, but this year I’ve been trying to draw and growing and improving. I love that.

Thank you so much Dina :)!

Nat

Natalie Elphinstone

April 25, 2011 at 8:54 pm | #

Always love Dina’s work, and I’ve thouroughly enjoyed this little peek into her arty world :-)

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Gabriela Seminario

April 25, 2011 at 6:23 pm | #

love Dina!

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teddi

April 25, 2011 at 5:30 pm | #

there are some definitely fantastic examples of dina’s work in this interview!

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Sue Clarke

April 25, 2011 at 1:17 pm | #

“My loves” is wonderful! The stitching, the paint moving like water across the page and three sweet boys.

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erin yamabe

April 25, 2011 at 8:02 am | #

mad dina love here!

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Karen

April 24, 2011 at 11:32 pm | #

Well if you drew that face, I am totally impressed! Grow baby, grow!

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Five Questions for…Leica Forrest

My friend Leica from Canada is so much fun around, I was lucky enough to meet her two times. She also is an amazing artist and I love her photos!

1. What do you do to get into your creative zone?

* for me it is my children’s clothing. I LOVE looking at the funky designs and bright colours. They have the best textures.

Also I am a HUGE HUGE fan of graffitti.

2. Do you ever create hidden meanings or messages in your work?

* no sorry, but if it is a personal layout or one I have lot’s to tell, I write messages on the back all the time. I do write dates and ages on every page, those I make very subtle.

3.If your creative work were edible, what would it taste like?

* something with lot’s and lot’s of layers. hmm, maybe a cheesecake, something sweet at least!

or maybe my friend Sasha’s cupcakes. They are always so detailed and layered.

4.What is your favourite creation?

* I am a HUGE fan of layouts, anything altered.

I also love creating canvases.I really love layering, using lot’s of techniques and different mediums in all the projects I do.

5.What is your biggest creative success so far and why?

* I would say being published over 350 times in many different magazines, websites, ezines, manufacturer sites, etc. I have been teaching internationally now for almost 7 yrs, nationally for 13 yrs. and I LOVE it. I went to University to be a school teacher and it has progressed into this art.

Thank you so much Leica!!!

Nat

Sue Clarke

April 23, 2011 at 2:38 pm | #

Nat, why does it not surprise me that you know so many friendly, wonderful and creative folks? You are one yourself!
Love your creations Leica…the lamp, the canvas and especially your children’s hats (wait, you may not have made those);-)

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Martha Richardson

April 23, 2011 at 2:09 pm | #

Absolutely stunning…bright, happy art ;)

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Five Questions for…Candy Rosenberg

I love Candy Rosenbergs work so much and …I love Candy too :) She rocks paper like no other person!

1. What do you do to get into your creative zone?

I literally just grab supplies pile them on my desk and dive in. There are times that I have a clear idea of what I am creating, but mostly I find it as I am sitting there playing and moving product around.

2. Do you ever create hidden meanings or messages in your work?

I really have never thought about doing that, I try to be really clear in the message that I am sending in my artwork. I want what I am saying to be very clear. However, you made me think about hiding a few things next time. Interesting.

3. If your creative work were edible, what would it taste like?

Well, that one was an easy question….CHOCOLATE! There is something about the richness, the distinguishable flavor…you know it is chocolate just by looking at it.

4. What is your favorite creation?

My most favorite creation was the very first paper dress form that I did. It was the start of my journey in this industry and although it is not as fancy as some that have come after, I was very proud of it. I did these dress forms before they were popular so I would get some sideways looks sometimes.

5.What is your biggest creative success so far and why?

My biggest creative success is being published in Creating Keepsakes, and I will tell you why. I have never been big on being in a magazine but hoped to someday just so my kids and grandchildren would have a little bit of a legacy. I knew that I would never be in Creating Keepsakes, Scrapbooks,Etc. which are mainstream publications. My paper art is not considered mainstream, atleast not when I started in the industry.

So recently I had the opportunity to be published with CK, and the first thing I said is that I will not sacrifice my style to be published and they agreed. The layout “Miss Hollywood” came out in the March/April issue, page 80. That was a huge milestone. And on top of that I will be published 3 more times over the next few months. My kids think it is cool and I am grateful to Creating Keepsakes for making my art mainstream. LOL!

So never compromise your style of art, it will come to you when it is time. I am here to inspire and connect, and nothing else.

Nat

Karen

April 23, 2011 at 4:09 pm | #

“Inspire and connect,” I love that, Candy! I might steal that for my site. I might steal you too.

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Tsila Sofer Elguez

April 22, 2011 at 11:47 pm | #

I want to see more pictures please….!

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Conny

April 22, 2011 at 7:20 am | #

Haaaaa – I saw your lo in the Creating Keepsakes – and I loved it from the first step until the last – your pictures are sooo cool!!

Thanks Nathalie for sharing …

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